Operation of Airdrie-Bathgate

Transport Scotland has now published on its website letters between Transport Scotland and ScotRail, Safety letters and RMT letters on the operation of the new £300m Airdrie Bathgate rail link.  

RMT letters

• 4 August 2009: Steve Montgomery, Managing Director ScotRail to Phil McGarry, Regional Organiser, Scotland and NI RMT
• 12 January 2010: Bob Crow, General Secretary RMT, to Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
• 25 January 2010: Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change, to Bob Crow, General Secretary RMT 
• 26 January 2010: Bob Crow, General Secretary RMT, to Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
• 24 February 2010: Bob Crow, General Secretary RMT, to Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change
• 24 February 2010: Bob Crow, General Secretary RMT, to Alex Salmond, First Minister
• 4 March 2010: Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change, to Bob Crow, General Secretary RMT

Scotrail - Transport Scotland letters

• 26 Feb 2009: Steve Montgomery, Managing Director ScotRail, to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland
• 22 May 2009: Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland, to Steve Montgomery, Managing Director ScotRail
• 20 July 2009: Steve Montgomery, Managing Director ScotRail, to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland
• 4 August 2009: David Binnie, Head of Rail Operations, Transport Scotland, to Steve Montgomery, Managing Director ScotRail
• 22 January 2010: Steve Montgomery, Managing Director ScotRail, to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland
• 10 February 2010: John McLachlan, Franchise Compliance Manager, ScotRail, to Ivor Jones, Head of Rail Franchise Management, Transport Scotland
• 22 February 2010: John McLachlan, Franchise Compliance Manager, ScotRail to Ivor Jones, Head of Rail Franchise Management Transport Scotland

Safety Letters

• 11 January 2010: Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland , to Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)
• 11 January 2010: Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland, to Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB)
• 11 January 2010: Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland, to Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
• 20 January 2010: Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland
• 21 January 2010: Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery
• 25 January 2010: Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland
• 25 January 2010: Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland, to Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB)
• 29 January 2010: Heather Battson, Franchise Contract Manager, Transport Scotland to Steve Montgomery, Managing Director ScotRail
• 3 Feb 2010: Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland, dated 3 February 2010
• 4 February 2010: Steve Montgomery, Managing Director ScotRail to Heather Battson, Franchise Contract Manager, Transport Scotland
• 19 March 2010: Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland to Carolyn Griffiths, Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents, Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB)
• 19 March 2010: Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland to Gerald B Kerr, HM Principal Inspector of Railways, Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
• 19 March 2010: Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland to Andrew Sharpe, Director of Standards and Technical Services, Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)
• 12 April 2010: Carolyn Griffiths, Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents, Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB)
  to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland
• 12 April 2010: Andrew Sharpe, Director of Standards and Technical Services, Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland
• 16 April 2010: Gerald B Kerr, HM Principal Inspector of Railways, Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) to Bill Reeve, Director Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland